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absolve (v. trans.)
1.let off the hook"I absolve you from this responsibility"
2.grant remission of a sin to"The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"
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Merriam Webster
AbsolveAb*solve" (#; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Absolved (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Absolving.] [L. absolvere to set free, to absolve; ab + solvere to loose. See Assoil, Solve.]
1. To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment.
Halifax was absolved by a majority of fourteen. Macaulay.
2. To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
In his name I absolve your perjury. Gibbon.
3. To finish; to accomplish. [Obs.]
The work begun, how soon absolved. Milton.
4. To resolve or explain. [Obs.] “We shall not absolve the doubt.”Sir T. Browne.
Syn. -- To Absolve, Exonerate, Acquit. We speak of a man as absolved from something that binds his conscience, or involves the charge of wrongdoing; as, to absolve from allegiance or from the obligation of an oath, or a promise. We speak of a person as exonerated, when he is released from some burden which had rested upon him; as, to exonerate from suspicion, to exonerate from blame or odium. It implies a purely moral acquittal. We speak of a person as acquitted, when a decision has been made in his favor with reference to a specific charge, either by a jury or by disinterested persons; as, he was acquitted of all participation in the crime.
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absolve (v. trans.)
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